Patents by Inventor Stephan Winkels

Stephan Winkels has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11945292
    Abstract: An electric drive axle of a vehicle with a parking lock and with at least one electric drive with a drive gear of a drive shaft. The drive gear is coupled via at least one intermediate gear of an intermediate shaft to an output gear of a differential gear unit for driving at least one output shaft. For decoupling the electric drive, at least one claw shift element is associated with the drive shaft and/or with the intermediate shaft in such a way that the claw shift element is arranged upstream of the parking lock in power flow direction from electric drive to differential gear unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Kim Führer, Stephan Demmerer, Matthias Winkel, Johannes Winkler, Martin Ruider
  • Patent number: 8956468
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous composition and to a method for the anticorrosion conversion treatment of metallic surfaces, particularly metallic materials which are assembled into composite structures, comprising steel or galvanized or alloy-galvanized steel and any combinations thereof, the composite structure being composed at least in part of aluminum or the alloys thereof. The aqueous composition according to the invention is based on a phosphating solution and contains, in addition to water-soluble compounds of zirconium and titanium, a quantity of free fluoride in a ratio that both permits phosphating of the steel and galvanized and/or alloy-galvanized steel surfaces and determines low pickling rates of the aluminum substrate with simultaneous passivation of the aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jan-Willem Brouwer, Jens Krömer, Matthias Hamacher, Stephan Winkels, Frank-Oliver Pilarek, Marc Balzer
  • Patent number: 8801871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition and to a method for the anticorrosion conversion treatment of metallic surfaces, particularly metallic materials which are assembled into composite structures, comprising steel or galvanized or alloy-galvanized steel and any combinations of these materials, the composite structure being composed at least in part of aluminum or the alloys thereof. The aqueous composition according to the invention is based on a phosphating solution and contains, in addition to water-soluble compounds of zirconium and titanium, a quantity of free fluoride in a ratio that both permits phosphating of the steel and galvanized and/or alloy-galvanized steel surfaces and determines low pickling rates with regard to the aluminum substrate with simultaneous passivation of the aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jan-Willem Brouwer, Jens Krömer, Matthias Hamacher, Stephan Winkels, Frank-Oliver Pilarek, Marc Balzer
  • Publication number: 20120177946
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous composition and to a method for the anticorrosion conversion treatment of metallic surfaces, particularly metallic materials which are assembled into composite structures, comprising steel or galvanized or alloy-galvanized steel and any combinations thereof, the composite structure being composed at least in part of aluminum or the alloys thereof. The aqueous composition according to the invention is based on a phosphating solution and contains, in addition to water-soluble compounds of zirconium and titanium, a quantity of free fluoride in a ratio that both permits phosphating of the steel and galvanized and/or alloy-galvanized steel surfaces and determines low pickling rates of the aluminum substrate with simultaneous passivation of the aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jan-Willem BROUWER, Jens Krömer, Matthias Hamacher, Stephan Winkels, Frank-Oliver Pilarek, Marc Balzer
  • Publication number: 20090255608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition and to a method for the anticorrosion conversion treatment of metallic surfaces, particularly metallic materials which are assembled into composite structures, comprising steel or galvanized or alloy-galvanized steel and any combinations of these materials, the composite structure being composed at least in part of aluminum or the alloys thereof. The aqueous composition according to the invention is based on a phosphating solution and contains, in addition to water-soluble compounds of zirconium and titanium, a quantity of free fluoride in a ratio that both permits phosphating of the steel and galvanized and/or alloy-galvanized steel surfaces and determines low pickling rates with regard to the aluminum substrate with simultaneous passivation of the aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jan-Willem Brouwer, Jens Kromer, Matthias Hamacher, Stephan Winkels, Frank-Oliver Pilarek, Marc Balzer
  • Patent number: 6695976
    Abstract: In a water-continuous system and a polymerization method, the water-continuous system comprises a polymerizable aromatic compound as an oil, water and a non-ionic surfactant, wherein the polymerizable aromatic compound is a component from the group consisting of: thiophene, furan and alkyl, alkoxy or alkylenedioxy derivatives of thiophene and furan. The non-ionic surfactant is an alkyl polyethoxylate and/or an alkyl polyglucoside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Inventors: Franz-Hubert Haegel, Julia Schlüpen, Joachim Walter Schultze, Stephan Winkels
  • Publication number: 20020043470
    Abstract: In a water-continuous system and a polymerization method, the water-continuous system comprises a polymerizable aromatic compound as an oil, water and a non-ionic surfactant, wherein the polymerizable aromatic compound is a component from the group consisting of: thiophene, furan and alkyl, alkoxy or alkylenedioxy derivatives of thiophene and furan. The non-ionic surfactant is an alkyl polyethoxylate and/or an alkyl polyglucoside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Franz-Hubert Haegel, Julia Schlupen, Joachim Walter Schultze, Stephan Winkels